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Communication
is not only the process of sharing information. Communication
processes are in most cases sign-mediated interactions which
are governed by three levels of semiotic rules: Syntactic,
pragmatic and semantic.
Therefore, communication is a kind of social interaction where
at least two interacting agents share a common set of signs
and a common set of semiotic rules. In a simplistic form,
information is sent from a sender or encoder to a receiver
or decoder. In a more complex form feedback links a sender
to a receiver. This requires a symbolic activity, sometimes
via a language. Communication development is the development
of processes enabling one to understand what others say(or
sign, or write) and speak(or sign, or write), translate sounds
and symbols into meaning and learn the syntax of the language.
Communication is based on the idea of respect, promises and
the want for social improvement. Specialised fields focus
on various aspects of communication and include the following:
Non-verbal communication, the
act of imparting or interchanging thoughts, opinions or information
without the use of words.
Symbolic communication, the exchange of messages that change
a priori expectation of events
Animal communication, the discipline of animal behavior that
focuses on the reception and use of signals.
Mass communication
Development communication
Communication studies
Interpersonal Communication
Organizational communication
Sociolinguistics
Conversation analysis
Cognitive linguistics
Linguistics
Pragmatics
Semiotics |
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